Example sentences of "be [adv] know [prep] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Francesco Primaticcio and Niccolo del'Abbate are better known for their work outside their native city , and an outsider , Dionys Calvaert , adopted Bologna to exert great influence on the next generation of painters . |
| 2 | These are called " optimising models " and are best known from their application to queuing , scheduling and routing problems . |
| 3 | TICKET touts are not known for their flair for public relations . |
| 4 | In the familiar world in which we live , ducklings are not known for their propensity for attacking farmers ; they are classed among the victims of the killing process . |
| 5 | The Democratic Unionist Party is in the curious position of being dominated by evangelicals and hence being more favourable to temperance and sabbatarianism than the Official Unionists and at the same time being better supported than the Officials by working-class loyalists who are not known for their piety and who are prepared to support acts of criminal violence . |
| 6 | Rickenbacker , who incidentally celebrate their 60th anniversary this year , are not known for their impetuosity when it comes to new guitar and bass designs . |
| 7 | Next week sees the release of Melancholia , a directorial debut by Andi Engel , who has until now been best known for his work as a film distributor . |
| 8 | We 're not known for our pace . |
| 9 | The rootstocks were developed at government research stations and are still known by their reference numbers . |
| 10 | Many roundabouts in Essex are traditionally known by whatever pub stands nearby , and some councillors were concerned that names would change whenever the pub changed hands . |
| 11 | There was also a bespectacled Cambridge undergraduate , aged twenty-two called Bamber Gascoigne — later to be best known for his TV quiz show success University Challenge . |
| 12 | While Pheloung may be best known for his work on the small and large screen — he wrote the award-nominated music for the film Truly , Madly , Deeply , as well as composing for the 13-part television series Boon in 1985 , his first TV series . |
| 13 | While Pheloung may be best known for his work on the small and large screen — he wrote the award-nominated music for the film Truly , Madly , Deeply , as well as composing for the 13-part television series Boon in 1985 , his first TV series . |
| 14 | ‘ Like all Sards , I 'm well known for my gallantry . ’ |
| 15 | I do n't think we Americans are particularly known for our sense of humility . |
| 16 | In Britain , his followers are well known for their ownership of Mentmore Towers , the palatial former home of the Earls of Rosebery . |
| 17 | Furthermore , the Angolan people are well known for their friendliness to foreigners and for their placid and kind nature . |
| 18 | Farmers are well known for their conservatism . |
| 19 | Tesco are well known for their energy saving initiatives . |
| 20 | A number of other young men in the Town Boys group were well known for their ability to drink impossible-sounding quantities of beer . |
| 21 | Thus Aquitaine remained a far-off , unknown country and its inhabitants were well known for their fickleness and treacherousness . |
| 22 | One thing , however , that is widely known about my snooker is that I am never more dangerous than when being profoundly humiliated . |
| 23 | Spiers was trained in the Gothic school , but Bolton , who knew him well , insists that he never referred to any buildings of his own and little is apparently known about his work as an architect . |
| 24 | And question ten in medical terms tetanus is better known by what name ? |
| 25 | Okay , you got half , you got Morris , question ten , tetanus is better known by what name to you and me it 's lock jaw , at least if you 've ever had it , it is , question eleven |
| 26 | Furthermore , even if one accepts the validity of non-empirical interpretations , it is not known at what age young people would perceive the advertisements in similar terms . |
| 27 | Now , Harwell laboratory is best known for its contribution to nuclear research but the scientist there have revealed a secret life . |
| 28 | Birthright is a charity which funds research projects to improve the health of women and their babies , and is best known for its work on pregnancy and childbirth . |
| 29 | To many people the Salvation Army is best known for its band and this certainly holds an important place in its life and worship . |
| 30 | Lemon is best known for his involvement with Sunderland ; he made over 100 appearances for the Roker men . |